Here’s what Apple has to say about the new feature on its iOS 13 page: Last year, Apple introduced the ability to report spam messages and calls through a third-party extension with iOS 12. As a result of that, India’s telco regulator released a much-awaited DND app last November. Earlier, popular apps like Truecaller came to iOS users’ rescue when it came to identifying spam calls. However, there was no automatic ‘silencing’ of calls. According to YouMail, a robocall blocking service, Americans received a whopping 4.9 billion robocalls just last month. In May, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed to block robocalls by default. While that implementation may take some time, iOS 13’s new feature can help you avoid these annoying calls